3.7% ▼ -29.1%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ballan · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Ballan
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes lack a car in Ballan than across the state, with only 3.7% of households without a vehicle. This high level of car ownership defines the town, where most residents rely on their own transport to get around and reach work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The vast majority of households have at least one car, and over half of homes have two or more. Only 3.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Ballan splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (36%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most workers drive themselves, while 18.9% work from home, which is a little below the national average. Only 1.5% of people use public transport to get to work, a figure slightly lower than both the state and national levels.
18.9% ▲ +263.9%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.5% ▼ -65.8%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 1.5%
Share of employed people who got to work by train, bus, ferry or tram/light rail as their only method of travel on census day.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Ballan has 12 public transport stops and 6 routes, which is more than most similar areas. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Victorian figure, with trains making up nearly 85% of available services.
12
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.54
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
144.2
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled weekly public-transport departures from stops in the area, per 1,000 residents — how often transit actually runs, not just whether a stop exists (GTFS schedules for a representative week; population from the 2021 Census).
6
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes about 10 minutes to walk to the nearest transport stop, which is typical for this level of area. The drive time to the city is 53 minutes, which is lower than most similar areas.
10
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
53
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
- Public transport timetables (GTFS) — State & territory transport agencies, 2026 (CC BY 4.0 (WA: custom PTA licence)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
More for Ballan
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Ballan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20108/ballan/topic/transport